MODESTO, STOCKTON, PROBLEM-FREE. CALIFORNIA HAS DOZENS OF NEW HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICERS. MIKE TESELLE IS OUT THERE AS THE CADETS TO THEIR FINAL STEPS IN TRAINING THIS MORNING. AT THE STATE CAPITAL, THE SIDE OF THE CULMINATION OF QUITE A CHALLENGE. IT WAS THE TRADITIONAL CHP CADET RUN. 27 WEEKS OF TRAINING. BASICALLY, THE LAST RITE OF PASSAGE BEFORE THESE CADET WILL BECOME FULL-FLEDGED CHP OFFICERS. IT WAS A FIVE MILE RUN HERE TO THE STATE CAPITAL. WAY, THEY SAY IT IS BEEN A LONG PROCESS IT MEANS A LOT TO ALL OF THE CADETS. IT IS BEEN 27 WEEKS. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. WE SAW 40% OF OUR CLUSTER ABOUT. -- OF OUR CLASS DROP OUT. IT IS A HUGE DEAL. THE RUN CULMINATED HERE WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT THE PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL. TO CHP OFFICERS DIED EARLIER THIS YEAR IN A CAR CRASH. A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR A LOT OF PARENTS WHO ALSO CAME OUT TO CHEER ON IN SUPPORT THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS AS FRIDAY THEY WILL GRADUATE FROM THE LATEST